Roots, the next generations / a David L. Wolper production in association with Warner Bros. Television ; producer, Stan Margulies ; teleplay by Sydney A. Glass, Ernest Kinoy, Thad Mumford, John McGreevey, Daniel Wilcox ; directed by Georg Stanford Brown, Charles S. Dubin, John Erman, Lloyd Richards.

Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Home Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Wolper, David L., Margulies, Stan, Glass, Sydney A., Kinoy, Ernest, Mumford, Thad, McGreevey, John, Wilcox, Daniel, Brown, Georg Stanford, Dubin, Charles, Erman, John, 1935-2021, Richards, Lloyd, Allen, Debbie, 1950-, Barrie, Barbara, Brando, Marlon, Broderick, James, Cara, Irene, 1959-2022, Carroll, Diahann, Casey, Bernie, Chamberlin, Lee, Constantine, Michael, Culp, Robert, 1930-2010, Daly, James, 1918-1978, De Havilland, Olivia, Dee, Ruby, Evans, Damon, Fell, Norman, 1924-1998, Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982, Freeman, Al, Jr., 1934-2012, Gaillard, Slim, Grier, Pam, 1949-, Grier, Rosey, Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012, Harewood, Dorian, Holliday, Kene, Johnson, Rafer, 1935-2020, Jones, James Earl, Koslo, Paul, 1944-2019, Long, Avon, McNeil, Claudia, McRae, Carmen, Merrill, Dina, Moody, Lynne, 1950-, Morgan, Harry, 1915-2011, Morris, Greg, Mosley, Roger E., 1944-2022, O'Loughlin, Gerald S., Richards, Beah E., Rodriguez, Percy, Rubinstein, John, 1946-, Shaw, Stan, 1952-, Singer, Marc, 1948-, Thomas, Richard, 1951-, Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981, Williams, Hal, 1938-, Winfield, Paul, Haley, Alex
Language:English
French
Spanish
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Haley, Alex > Drama.
Haley, Alex > Family > Drama.
Haley family > Drama.
Kinte family > Drama.
African Americans > Drama.
African American families > Drama.
Television mini-series.
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Television mini-series.
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:4 videodiscs (688 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots.
Note:Title from container.
Based on "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley.
Developed for television by Ernest Kinoy.
Special features: Disc 4: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues."
Videorecording.
Call Number:PS3558.A3575 R33 2007 VideoDVD
CQ3 D0085950 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated.
ISBN:9781419846908
1419846906
Credits:Music, Gerald Fried.
System Details:DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Cast:
Debbie Allen, Barbara Barrie, Marlon Brando, James Broderick, Georg Stanford Brown, Irene Cara, Diahann Carroll, Bernie Casey, Lee Chamberlin, Michael Constantine, Robert Culp, James Daly, Olivia de Havilland, Ruby Dee, Damon Evans, Norman Fell, Henry Fonda, Al Freeman Jr., Slim Gaillard, Pam Grier, Rosey Grier, Andy Griffith, Dorian Harewood, Kene Holliday, Rafer Johnson, James Earl Jones, Paul Koslo, Avon Long, Claudia McNeil, Carmen McRae, Dina Merrill, Lynne Moody, Harry Morgan, Greg Morris, Roger E. Mosley, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Beah Richards, Percy Rodrigues, John Rubinstein, Stan Shaw, Marc Singer, Richard Thomas, George Voskovec, Hal Williams, Paul Winfield.
Event Details:
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979.